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Matthew 17:14-21

Jesus Cures a Boy with a Demon

14 When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,
15and said, Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
16And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.
17Jesus answered, You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.
18And Jesus rebuked the demon,* and it* came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly.
19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, Why could we not cast it out?
20He said to them, Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a* mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.*